Simple Make Error

[Aparavoid]

Im trying to build a wireless driver for Debian and keep running into a problem that seems to be make's fault, but Im still really new to make so Im probably wrong. This is the error I get:

make -C  SUBDIRS=/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n modules
make: *** SUBDIRS=/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2

The problem is no matter what i set SUBDIR to it is always unrecognized. The directory shown in the example is definitly valid. Am I over looking something simple?

[tabstop]

you have a directory called SUBDIRS=/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n? why?

[matsp]

What tabstop is trying to say is that the -C option to "make" is "Go to subdirectory of next argument". Since the next thing you give is "SUBDIR=...", make will try to go to a directory called "SUBDIR=..." - presumably, you do not actually have such a direectory.

Either drop the -C, or give a directory-name that is correct.

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Mats

[Aparavoid]

Originally Posted by matsp

What tabstop is trying to say is that the -C option to "make" is "Go to subdirectory of next argument". Since the next thing you give is "SUBDIR=...", make will try to go to a directory called "SUBDIR=..." - presumably, you do not actually have such a direectory.

Either drop the -C, or give a directory-name that is correct.

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Mats

That message was from just from the default make only with no added arguments. I tried this command instead as you said:

make SUBDIRS=/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n/

It said nothing was to be done. I'm guessing that means I got the directory correct but what should I do now?

[Aparavoid]

Alright I looked inside the makefile that came with the driver. It contained this line:

default: tg3_flags.h
	make -C $(BCMCFGDIR) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd) modules

This line includes both -C and SUBDIRS which I think is the problem. Should I edit the line?

[tabstop]

If make says nothing is to be done, then either you don't have any .c files (that it can find) or they all have already been compiled.

(And notice the difference between what they have and what you tried to do: there's something between -C and SUBDIRS, that something being the argument to -C.

[Aparavoid]

Alright I got a strange error when did it with the right directory:

make: Entering directory `/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n'
make SUBDIRS=/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n'
make: *** [default] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/home/joshua/tg3-3.92n'

How do I set the rules to target the modules? Is it a flag that I have to set?
A google search brought me to this post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-stop.-571661/

It seems the problem may be because I dont have the kernel headers or it may be looking in the wrong location. Does anyone know to get the headers or tell if I already have them?

[Aparavoid]

Alright I found the problem. I redownloaded the driver and retried it not under root and it was fine. Thanks for all the help.